Energy is produced, consumed, and influences the environment - all of these phases are researched at the PSI Center for Energy and Environmental Sciences.
Lab News & Scientific Highlights
Advancing Biogas Quality: Tackling Siloxane Challenges for Smooth Energy Transition
Siloxanes, present in everyday items, can compromise the efficiency and durability of bioenergy systems, even at trace levels. Monitoring and quantifying these impurities are critical for improving biogas quality and expanding its role in renewable energy. However, sampling biogas and storing samples containing siloxanes for analysis remain a significant challenge.
Pollutants often originate in the air
In the CLOUD experiment at CERN, PSI researchers have measured with unprecedented precision how harmful organic air pollutants are formed and dispersed.
New protective coating can improve battery performance
Increasing the energy density of lithium-ion batteries – a sustainable method for cathode surface coating developed at PSI makes it possible.
Energy Briefing 2025 – Jetzt anmelden!
Das Center for Energy and Environmental Sciences (CEE) des Paul Scherrer Instituts lädt am 28. Mai 2025 ins Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern ein.
Freuen Sie sich auf spannende Impulsreferate, eine Podiumsdiskussion und einen Networking-Apéro rund um das Thema Elektromobilität.
Weitere Infos und Anmeldung: https://indico.psi.ch/event/17095/. Wir freuen uns auf Sie!
Energy Briefing Event 2024
The annual Energy Briefing Event of the Paul Scherrer Institute's Center for Energy and Environmental Sciences (CEE) took place on 15 May 2024.
Under the theme "Hydrogen in the Energy Sector", experts such as Stefan Oberholzer (SFOE), Bruno Michel (IBM), Nicolas Crettenand (Hydrospider AG), Russell McKenna (PSI Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis (LEA) and Werner Tillmetz (h2connect.eco) gathered to present pioneering projects and discuss the strategic steps for integrating hydrogen into the Swiss energy industry.
The lively debate emphasised the central importance of cooperation between research, education, industry and politics for the development of a sustainable energy future. From neighbourhood solutions to the development of a European hydrogen network, key ways of tackling the challenges and seizing opportunities were outlined.
We are eagerly awaiting the hydrogen strategy that the Federal Council will present this year!
Publications
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Aegerter D, Fabbri E, Borlaf M, Yüzbasi NS, Diklić N, Clark AH, et al.
Delving into Fe-content effects on surface reconstruction of Ba0.50Sr0.50Co1−xFexO3−δ for the oxygen evolution reaction
Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2024; 12(9): 5156-5169. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ta06156f
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Aeppli D, Gartmann J, Schneider R, Hack E, Kretschmer S, Nguyen TTD, et al.
Safe and reliable laser ablation assisted disassembly methodology for cylindrical battery cells for post-mortem analysis
Journal of Energy Storage. 2024; 83: 110571 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.110571
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Alves GAS, Pacholik G, Pollitt S, Wagner T, Rameshan R, Rameshan C, et al.
Mn-promoted MoS2 catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation: enhanced methanol selectivity due to MoS2/MnOx interfaces
Catalysis Science and Technology. 2024; 14(5): 1138-1147. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cy01711g
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